Shipping container



G TILDEN SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed Jan. 11. 1922 Aug. 18, 1925.

Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

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Y e tiica'tin"fileaJanuary n, 1922. Serial m. 528,359;

Tbi alllev'liom d me?)redeem." I I Ber'ithnow'n that ,TILDElfI, a 01131; zen (if the -United States, and aresident of Arne-s, the df story andiState .d'f

Iowa have invented a certain new and use ful "s ingCon aine of which the r01;

a shipping" container arranged to have an address carrying means, reversibly .rnounted thereon, so that when the container s shipped; it may be returned tofthe sender by reversin the" address carrying means, the

L parts" being (if simple, durable and comparative l y inerpensive construction.

FMQre; parieli larly myl inve 'tion relates afshipping container, eon posed'of aeard board boirkanda' fabric Covering therefor,

the eovering'fbeing fastened to the'box,v and an address carryiI1 g" flap taste'ned to the cover'ing arranged tol have a p-oeket i thereon. The poeket in the-flap is designed to receive a card. board .stifienerSQ that the paid board .2 may-1mm the shippers name on one side and the receivers'name on the opposite side, wherebyflthe reversing. of the card cause the shippers or reeeivens name to 1 be1,;d1s-

'et. 1 Still another; at exit is to; provide a closure flap for the poeket for preventing the, actidental removal of theaddress carryil geard. ithi these and" other obj eets; in vlew, my

ed 1 through am opening formed in the P .,.'invention consists in the construction, ,ar-

rangenientf and combination of the various partsf'ofniyd'evi'ce, whereby thegobmo'ts eontemplated are. attained ashereinafter more hilly sec-forth; pointed out in m name,

-- and; illustrated in the accompanying drawings'; in which: s

Figure 1 is a p erspective'view .of a "sh pring to nta er; m d n i invention,

being shown in open position; i

fEigur2 isai perspeetive View or; the "shi1: pingcon-tainenfthe elosui'e ,flapsbeing' shown inieiie tpbS i ig'ur'e i3 is a; sectional view through" the d s ld lfly li 1 0 l s V Figiir4 is a slightly nidd'ifiedform of s sew n P ck t; a a

Figu g5; jsiaperspeetivevi w oft-he" under side of 'the pocket-shown in Figure 4, showing the closure means.

11 the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a card board or corrugated paper boxwhiehis provided with a bottom,

and ends. Hingedly seeured'tothe end's'lof the box 10 are the flapsll and secured to the sides of thebox 1OIare. tlie' as shown in iFigure'2 of'the drawings,

the fiaps"12 are passedthereover. The 11a s '11 and 12 form the top. or closure side for' g};

box'lO. y a

I provide a. cloth covering '13, which 'has substantially the same outline andsiz e as the "box 10. The covering 7131s provided with" abottom, endsand Formed on the ends ofthe eovering lB are the end flaps and on the sides of ,theeovering are formed the side flaps'15. The outeren ds oftheside flaps 15 of the covering are arranged with pockets 16," into whieh are extendedtthe outer ends: of the flap 12.

From the construction of the parts just described; it will be seenthat the sideflaps "12' of the'box andthe side "flaps "15 oflthe" covering are so eonneeted t gether that' VVlilSWVlIlg'lIl unison. "The eeunng ofthe within the covering-13. The end flaps 14:

of the o n are p o i e with i idp 3 the purpose'of which will behereafter more fully set for'thf I v iEXt'ended around;theeovering 13, are the straps 1S, whieh are provided" with 19, The straps 18' may" stitphed or 5e ing'thecontaineiffrom'place tdplaee The flaps 15 are moved to the position shownin solidlinesl inf-Figure 1' of jthejdifaw-f In rd pr e. ad ess: imin means when'the'c'ontainer' shipped pr sent; by pareel post, Iprfovidea poeket eontainer flap 22, whieh: is sewed or stitelied to one edge of one ofthe flaps 15;as" at' 23;" The flap 22 may be swung relative tovthe flap 15, as is clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. The flap 22 is provided with a pocket 24 into which may be extended a stiffener card board 25. The upper side of the flap 22 is provided with an enlarged opening 26 so that the stiflener card board 25 may be displayed therethrough.

On each side of the card board stiffener 25, I arrange different addresses, so that the reversing of the card board 25 will reverse the shippers and receivers name or vice versa.

In the form shown in Figure 3, I have provided a celluloid or transparent member 27 for the opening 26. This prevents the destruction of the paper stiflener 25 and permits the addresses thereon to be displayed therethrough. In some cases, I have found that it is not necessary to use the transparent member 27.

In Figures 4: and 5, I have shown the flap 22 slightly different. In this form the flap 22 is secured to the flap l5 and is provided with a pocket 24. A closure flap 28 having a snap fastener 29 thereon is secured adjacent to the open end of the pocket. A coacting snap fastener 30 is secured to the outside of the flap 22. The snap fastener 29 and 30, when in engagement will seal the pocket 24 and prevent the stifi'ener or address carrying means, from slipping from said pocket. In this form the flap 22 is provided with an opening 26, through which the stifl'ener 25, having the address thereon may be displayed.

The flap 22 is of suflicient length so that when the end flaps 14 are in their closing position, they will overlap the ends of the flaps 22. The flap 22 being provided with a stiflener will tend to lie absolutely flat.

It will be seen that I have provided a very eflicient container, and have provided an address carrying card for serving as a stifl'ener for the flap 22, which is so arranged that different addresses on each side thereof may be displayed as desired.

Some changes may be made in the arrangement and construction of the various parts of my device, without departing from the essential features and purposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any use of mechanical equivalents or modified forms of structure, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a flexible covering, for a shipping container having a lid formed of side and end lid members hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides and ends of said container, side flaps hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides of said covering and an address card pocket secured to the edge of one of said side flaps whereby an address card of comparatively stifl material may be inserted in said card pocket, said pocket and said stiff address card being of such length that when folded over the other side flap, the ends of the card will be supported upon the relatively rigid end portions of the container.

2. In a flexible covering, for a shipping container having a lid formed of side and end lid members hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides and ends of said container, side flaps hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides of said covering, pockets along the free edges of said side flaps for receiving the free edges of said side lid members, and an address card pocket secured to the edge of one of said side flaps whereby an address card of comparatively stiff material may be inserted in said card pocket, said pocket and said stiff address card being of such length that when folded over the other side flap, the ends of the card will be supported upon the relatively rigid end portions of the container.

3. In a flexible covering, for a shipping container having a lid formed of side and end lid members hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides and ends of said container, side flaps hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides of said covering and an address card pocket secured to the edge of one of said side flaps whereby an address card of comparatively stiff material may be inserted in said card pocket, said pocket and said stiff address card being of such length that when folded over the other side flap, the ends of the card will be supported upon the relatively rigid end portions of the container, and will lie substantially flush with the side flap to which it is secured.

4. In a flexible covering, for a shipping container having a lid formed of side and end lid member-s hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides and ends of said container, side flaps hingedly connected to the upper edges of the sides of said covering and an address card pocket secured to the edge of one of said side flaps whereby an address card of comparatively stiff material may be inserted in said card pocket, said pocket and said stiff address card being of such length that when folded over the other side flap, the ends of the card will be supported upon the relatively rigid end portions of the container, and end flaps upon said covering adapted to lie over the edges of said card pocket for maintaining itin position.

Des Moines, Iowa, December 30, 1921.

GALEN TILDEN. 

